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[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 14 points 13 hours ago

Can someone explain the 4D chess going on here? AFAIK this was just tweet diplomacy, the US hasn't passed anything about this. So why would google want to handle all the complaints and backlash they'll take for this?

[-] DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago

I think something official was actually signed in the last few days. Dumbest timeline.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 12 hours ago

So why would google want to handle all the complaints and backlash they’ll take for this?

Because it's worth getting on trump's "good side", per Ajit Pai's reasoning

this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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